Egg container



June 7, 1932- c. F. SWEASEY EGG CONTAINER Filed March 21, 1931 Patented June 7, 1932 GORA FAY SWEASEY, OF DENVER, COLORADO EGG- CONTAINER Application filed March 21,

This invention aims to provide a device for retaining heat in eggs and similar cooked viands while they are being served, the con struction being such that the water, which is used for heating purposes, cannot slop out when the device is moved about, novel means being provided for holding the cup in place, and for draining the water tank completely.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that to which the invention appertains.

lVith the above and other objects in View, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention here in disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation;

Figure 2 is a side elevation;

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section;

Figure 4 is a fragmental vertical transverse section, the cup having been removed.

lhe device comprises a flared base 1 to which is secured a hot water tank 2, shown in the form of a horizontal cylinder, although a tank of another kind might be used. On the upper portion of the tank 2 there is a neck 3, in which is secured a tube 4. A cup 5 is removably mounted in the upper end of the tube 4 and has a bead 6 which engages the upper end of the tube. The cup 5 is provided with a lid 7 having a handle 8, the lid being equipped with a flange 9 which extends downwardly into the cup 5 to keep the lid from sliding ofi'.

In order to make the mouth of the cup conveniently accessibly to the user, the tube 4 and the cup 5 are inclined with respect to the vertical, as shown in Figure 3. This feature, although of importance, produces a disadvantage, which has to be overcome. That disadvantage arises out of the fact that one point 10 (Figure 3) on the upper end of the tube 4 is considerably lower than all 1931. Serial No. 524,369.

other portions of the upper end of the tube, and while the article is being carried from the kitchen to the table, and when the device is moved about on the table, the water in the tank 2 tends to slush about, and work its way over the lowermost point 10 of the top of the tube 4. In order to overcome this, the lower end of the tube 4 projects, as shown at 11, into the tank 2, to a point closely adjacent to the bottom of the tank, thereby to check the movement of the water in the tank, as the tank is moved about, and to prevent the water from working out at the lowermost portion of the upper end of the tube 4.

Having extended the tube 4 well down into the tank 2, for the purpose stated, a disadvantage is produced, and this must be obviated. The disadvantage referred to arises out of the fact that when the tank 2 is inverted, after the cup 5 has been removed, to pour the water out of the tank, a considerable amount of water is pocketed in the space 14 which exists between the wall of the tank 2 and the inner end of the tube 4. The water thus pocketed can be removed only by repeated shaking, if at all, and, generally, enough moisture is retained in the tank 2 to cause rusting, if the device is made of metal which will rust. In any event, cleanliness is not promoted by retaining moisture in the tank. Moreover, pieces of eggs or anything of the like kind that happens to be in the tank 2, along with the water, cannot be removed readily from the space at 14, and a sanitary utensil does not always result in the absence of a feature now to be described.

I prefer to strike resilient tongues 12 inwardly from the tube 4, for a double purpose. One of the objects intended is that the tongues 12 engage the cup 5 and aid in holding the cup in the neck 3. Another resultant object produced is that openings 15 are formed in the tube 4, these openings extending within the tank 2, and being located at the place 16 where the wall of the tank 2 diverges from the wall of the tube 4. Because the openings 15 are provided, all of the water in the space between the inner portion of the tube 4 and the wall of the tank may be drained away,

when the cup 5 is removed, and when the device is inverted.

What is claimed is:

1. A device for retaining heat in eggs and similar cooked viands, comprising a hotwater tank, a tube in the top of the tank, and a cup removably seated in the tube, the tube being inclined to present the mouth of the cup conveniently to the user, the lower end of the tube projecting into the tank to a point closely adjacent to the bottom of the tank, thereby to check the movement of the Water in the tank, as the tank is moved about.

2. A device for retaining heat in eggs and similar cooked viands, comprising a hot- Water tank, a tube in the top of the tank, and a cup removably seated in the tube, the tube being inclined to present the mouth of the cup conveniently to the user, the lower end of the tube projecting into the tank to a point closely adjacent to the bottom of the tank, thereby to check the movement of the water in the tank, as the tank is moved about, in combination with a tongue struck from the tube and forming an opening in the tube, the tongue engaging the cup to hold it in place, and the opening extending within the tank, and being located at the place Where the wall of the tank diverges from the tube, whereby when the device is inverted, all of the Water in the space between the inner portion of the tube and the wall of the tank may be drained away.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature.

CORA FAY SWEASEY. 

